Musbah ShaheenOpinionAfter All the Turmoil in Higher Ed to the Israel-Hamas War, Diversity Educators Continue to Miss the Mark on ReligionResearchers consistently find that students who study, dine, or socialize with people from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds become more appreciative of religious diversity.March 12, 2024OpinionDon’t Know How to Respond to Kanye? Neither Do College CampusesThe recent wave of responses to the antisemitic comments Kanye West made on Twitter shows how uncomfortable and unprepared we are as a society to address religious-based bigotry, especially when it occurs on social media.October 17, 2022InternationalExperiencing the Presidential Election as an International StudentAs an international student during the 2016 presidential election, I had very little idea what was happening in the year that preceded it, but it all sounded too complicated – electoral votes, caucuses, nomination, national conventions, all were foreign concepts to me. And I vividly remember election night. I stayed up all night with a group of friends with all sorts of backgrounds and experiences processing the outcome and what it might mean to us. Emotions were heightened, many were crying. Boy was that a night.November 2, 2020OpinionHigher Education’s Obsession With Conferences Put to the TestLast Spring, I was excited to attend the annual meeting for one of large professional organizations in my field. It was set to take place in a city I’d never visited, and I don’t have the time or resources as a graduate student to travel, so this was a great opportunity. My mentor and I were invited to present a paper at the conference which meant I had access to funding from my university to go. Having attended another large conference the previous fall, I had a pretty good idea about the expenses related. Thankfully, I didn’t need to get new formal wear, but I did have to figure out how to pay for everything else. Yes, I had a spreadsheet.August 31, 2020COVID-19Supporting International Students in Time of Coronavirus: Looking Beyond Immigration ConcernsThe higher education community went into a collective uproar following the ICE guidelines that would have deported international students whose universities go to an entirely online format. Many on social media and in news outlets were writing about the topic. Colleges and universities joined a collective lawsuit against the federal government. And it looked like the pressure worked – the guidelines were rescinded.July 30, 2020Page 1 of 1
